Cyanide acquires game rights to George R. R. Martin's 'Song of Ice and Fire' series

by David Hinkle on May 12th 2009 5:00PM

We don't get to talk about books much here at The Stiq, what with our heavy focus on teh gaming and all, but today is a joyous day, as the best series of books ever made -- George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series -- will be turned into games courtesy of Cyanide Studio. Don't bother arguing with us, because we do not sow and these books are so good.

The press release says that R. R. Martin and Cyanide have already begun development, with the combined efforts bearing fruit for "next generation consoles and the PC." Sadly, no other details are available as of now, but we're holding out hope that these games will be more fun than that A Game of Thrones board game ...

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Reader Comments (55)

I have yet to start this series, but for those of you looking for a fantasy tv show on right now look for Legend of the Seeker. Its based on the book Wizard's First Rule from the Sword of Truth book series.

UNBELIEVABLE series.

I wonder how they're going to capture the books but the story in this is truly amazing and the characters are truly memorable.

I remember playing Dynasty Warriors 3 with my friends years ago and saying, "Boy, how cool would this be if it were based in Song of Ice and Fire and you could be The Mountain who Rides or Jon Snow or Jaime and you could fight battles like defending the Wall or the naval battle for King's Landing".

Of course, now I find myself thinking "Boy, I hope they don't make a shitty Dynasty Warriors clone like with Gundam". I guess that's just what time does to an idea.